How is child support calculated in shared custody cases?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McKenzie v. Perestrelo, 2013 BCSC 1452 (CanLII):
The leading case on calculating the quantum of child support in shared custody cases is Contino v. Leonelli-Contino, 2005 SCC 63, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 217.
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